Speech Language Pathologist

Job Title: Speech Language Pathologist

FLSA Status: Exempt

Pay Grade: 103

Work Days: 226

Reports To: Coordinator of Instructional Support

Primary Purpose

Ensure a well-articulated and coordinated comprehensive program in speech language pathology. Provide effective leadership to campuses/districts/charter schools. Provide appropriate professional development and technical assistance to campuses/districts/charter schools.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education/Certification

• Masters Degree in Speech Language Pathology(state license, CCC, required)

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Team oriented attitude and desire to work collaboratively with ESC staff campus/district/charter school personnel.

• Strong organizational, communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills.

• Technology competency levels are comparable to those required by the State Board of Educator Certification for all beginning teachers.

• In-depth knowledge of content (PreK-12) as related to assignment.

• In-depth knowledge of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, the state assessment and accountability system, and state & national initiatives and standards.

• Understanding differentiated instruction to ensure success for all students.

• Understand specially designed instruction including accommodations and modifications to ensure success for students with disabilities.

• In-depth knowledge of assessment instruments, eligibility criteria, strategies, appropriate use of assessment results, and legal issues related to speech language pathology.

Experience

• A minimum of five to ten years of successful experience as a speech language pathologist in Texas public schools and/or related facilities.

• Successful experience in program development.

• Successful experience in training teachers and/or other adults.

• Successful experience in an educational leadership position; experience in a supervisory position preferred.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

*This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions.

**This position may be partially or completely funded using grant and/or federal monies and is assigned programs to include activities designed to enhance the effective and coordinated use of funds.

• Actively participate in and/or provide leadership for inter-departmental teams to help improve student performance in the region, improve the ESC internal operations, and meet the established goals and objectives for the ESC.

• Is responsive as the first point of contact to all stakeholders in the education community.

• Analyze available needs assessment data from regional, state, and national sources.

• Participate in the collaborative development of a comprehensive plan for training, products, and services to meet regional needs.

• Develop quality training, products, and services reflecting scientifically based research, national and state initiatives, and campus/district/charter school needs in the area of speech language pathology.

• Develop quality training for teachers and administrators in curriculum content, instructional methodologies, and support structures for students with disabilities and students acquiring English as a second language in integrated settings.

• Develop quality training to ensure that students with disabilities demonstrate progress in the grade-level Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) by using specially designed instructional strategies including the use of accommodations and modifications during instruction and assessment

• Provide training, products, and services incorporating quality review, multiple models of professional development, and appropriate adult learning strategies in the area of speech language pathology.

• Model effective uses of technology in personal productivity and instructional applications.

• Provide technical assistance to campuses/districts/charter schools as needed, as well as appropriate follow-up and follow-along to training, products, and services provided in the area of speech language pathology.

• Evaluate the impact of training, products, and services on student performance, program application, and systems changes in the area of speech language pathology.

• Participate in designated local, state, and national professional development activities and share information with Center staff and appropriate regional personnel.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties

None

Equipment/Specialized Software Used

Computers, projection devices, control panels in meeting rooms, printers, productivity software, software specific to the job assignment, network resources, internet resources, and other hardware and software necessary to perform the functions of the job effectively and efficiently.

Working Conditions (Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors)

Mental: Public relations and people skills are always required, work with frequent interruptions, and maintain professional composure and confidentiality under stress.

Physical: Occasional prolonged and irregular hours, ability to move tables and chairs and load/unload boxes and materials. Prolonged use of a computer. Frequent region and state-wide travel.

Environmental: Open cubicles/workstations

Evaluation

Annual performance evaluation will be performed in accordance with the adopted policies of the Education Service Center Region 11. Employment in this position is contingent upon performance, need, and funding.

Revision Date: July 2024

Benefits at ESC Region 11

• $645 monthly contribution for Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pay and Growth Opportunities
• Retirement Account Matching Program
• HSA, FSA, Dental, Vision, Life, Cancer Insurance Offered
• 10 Local Sick Paid Days provided Annually (Per School Year)
• 5 State Personal Paid Leave Days provided Annually (Per School Year)